TRIBAL COUNCIL ELECTION RETURNS

Tuesday's official election returns provide a mixed sampling — several Council Members remain from the current administration, several are returning members from previous administrations as well as bringing in a few new voices. Read the complete results by district below.


EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR

The Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort held their "Employee of the Dinner Banquet" the fifth annual at the Saginaw Chippewa Ballroom to give their thanks to the all of the employers. The banquet had one Department Employee of the Year and one manger/supervisor of the year will be randomly selected to each win a check in amount of $2500.00 and the two runner-ups will also be selected to each win a $1000.00 gift card.

Novel H1N1 Update

SGT.-AT-ARMS MEETS US PRESIDENT

Sergeant-at-Arms Milton "Beaver" Pelcher and Tribal Council member Bernard Sprague had an opportunity to meet with President Barack Obama on June 18, 2009. (more)

Other news: Obama proclaims November 2009 Native American Heritage Month.

TRIBAL LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS

Recently, the Tribal Council has spent considerable time reviewing financial tools to help perpetuate the Health and Welfare benefits we offer our membership. With their assistance and after careful consideration, we have found a group term life insurance product, underwritten by United of Omaha Life Insurance Company (rates A+ by A.M. Best Company, Inc.), to provide life insurance coverage for members of the Tribe. (more)

Tribal letter Explaining Life Insurance Benefits .pdf

We need volunteers!

MI REP KILDEE PRAISES TRIBES REPATRIATION EFFORTS

On Wednesday, October 7 during a congressional oversight committee hearing on the Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act, the Honorable Dale Kildee spoke very favorably about the Tribe's cooperation and responsiveness regarding the ancestral mitigation effort in Flint (Stone Street Ancestral Recovery & Reburial Project). To view the 1.5 hr. long hearing, visit: Full Committee Oversight Hearing Titled "Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)"
He also spoke to agencies and institutions that hold ancestral collections and their need to work with the tribes in the "spirit of NAGPRA" - not to be confined by the letter of the NAGPRA law. Congressman Kildee's remarks begin in the coverage at 15:05.

ZIIBIWING ASKING FOR VOLUNTEERS

The Ziibiwing Center is in need of volunteers at the ancestral recovery excavation in downtown Flint, Michigan.
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Watch ABC Channel 12’s coverage from Friday, August 14